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August 2014

August 11, 2014

My upcoming talk for Missio Alliance’s conference on Anabaptism

Hi friends. Not sure if you have heard, but in September a great conference is...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Introducing “PangeaCast” – a new missional/anabaptist podcast resource

I've pondered starting a podcast for years. Tried it once but didn't have the time...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Cracks in God’s Beautiful World: social justice as an act of spiritual warfare

[This article originally appeared in Prism Magazine (Vol. 19., No. 5 - Sept/Oct 2012). I...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

The Beautiful Risk of Calling God our “Father” – reflections from a young dad

Lately I’ve reflected on the way we use language to describe God. Naming God as...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

What a “Missional Community” is and isn’t: understanding the basics

In what follows, I'm sharing with you what I shared with our church plant Core...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Defining Sin in a Better Way: Shalom Disrupted

In this post, I want to briefly look at the issue of "sin." It's a...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Pangea Communities and Mars Hill Compared (David Warkentin)

Last weekend we had the pleasure of hosting a group of students from the Praxis...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

When God speaks, I listen… So why don’t you?

Hearing God. One of the great dillemas of the Christian life. Can we actually "hear...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #4: Liturgical

This is the fourth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Re-Membering Memorial Day with Love

March 2013

March 11, 2013

A soon-to-be dad dreams of a daughter liberated for her soon-to-be world

My daughter grows within my wife’s womb while I dream of the day when she...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Ash Wednesday – Because sometimes rich Christians simply need to starve a little

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These are powerful words...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

From the Margins: Following Jesus in a post-Christian culture

[This article originally appeared in winter 2012 issue of In Part, the magazine for the...

December 2012

December 14, 2012

The God who cries when children die

"The history of our world is the history of our suffering together. Every act of...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

Shane Claiborne talks about “spiritual economics”

Shane Claiborne talks about "spiritual economics" A Kalmeer.com interview with Shane on declaring and living...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Which Scriptures shape your foundation?

Over the past year, I've connected with a fellow Anabaptist brotha, Marty Troyer. He is...

September 17, 2012

If I wasn’t Anabaptist, I’d probably become Anglican – Reflections on an ancient-future faith orientation

The more I’ve experienced the worship of high church liturgy, the more I’ve found myself...

September 09, 2012

LEAKED Official Apple iPhone 5 Promo Video???

Great fun and deep insights about 'connection' and the lack there of...

August 2012

August 17, 2012

A Supper In Cell 92 with Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The current Christian landscape in America is a war torn battlefield; daily blogs are launched...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Can Porn be used responsibly?

My view is that porn always removes God from the center replacing the Divine with...

July 30, 2012

The Problem of Selective Fundamentalism (abortion & LGBT) – Shane Claiborne

What do you think? Some may feel he goes "too far" (conservatives) and others may...

July 24, 2012

Do you have a Constituency or a Community?

Following my recent blog in which I declared that I had fallen out of love...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Why singing “Our God is Greater” *might* make our God seem less great

There’s a song that has now made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit. This...

June 01, 2012

Jo Saxton – Why Information Is Not Enough For Discipleship

May 2012

May 31, 2012

How Kids Ministry Fits into Missional Community / Incarnational Church Plants

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (4 – A Judgment Day Parable)

The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Re-Imagining Being the Community of Jesus: Christ’s Body in Corinth – The Politics of a Metaphor

*The following is written by Lawrence Garcia For those on whom it is being imposed,...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

Treat Them Like a Tax Collector: Reflections on Matthew 18, Church Discipline, and Andrew

Jesus offers a model for reconciliation in Matthew 18.15-17. Often, these three verses are used...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

The Real Face of Christian Community

*The following is a guest post Community ... community ... community. Everywhere you turn, inside...

September 2011

September 12, 2011

Dear Internet, Thanks For Ordaining Me For the Low Low Price of $47: Reflections on Community

In June, my pastoral residency came to an end. For the past two years, my...